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Khalistani

adjective, noun

Khalistani is spelled K-H-A-L-I-S-T-A-N-I: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Khalistani means “Related to Khalistan, a name for the Punjab region of northern India” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Khalistani?

Letters10: K-H-A-L-I-S-T-A-N-I
In writingabout once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Khalistani?

Khalistani appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of Khalistani

  • more Khalistani comparative
  • most Khalistani superlative
  • Khalistanis plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Khalistani mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    IndiaRelated to Khalistan, a name for the Punjab region of northern India.

  2. 2

    Supporting a militant separatist movement that advocates for a separate Sikh state by waging war against the Indian government.

noun

  1. 1

    A member or supporter of the Khalistan movement.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does Khalistani come from?

From Khalistan + -i. Derived from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (xālistān, literally “place of Khalsa”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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